BK virus and its role in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Evolution of a pathogen

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Delacruz, Jennifer ^a   Pursell, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Hemorrhagic cystitis; Infection; Polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; MESNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYOMA VIRUS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UVEITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84902302328     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-014-0417-x     Document Type: Review

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